Lord, I heard that you are bent? [rebirth]

Duan Hongjin took a sip of tea and let out a sigh of relief.

"What's the matter? I just sat down, that's all." Duan Hongyu personally carried the pot to refill his tea, looking at him with a serious face in a funny way.

"Second Brother," Duan Hongjin sighed again, "You must help me! Father and Emperor are only concerned about stuffing people into my backyard, and even my mother and concubine can't hold him back." He was heartbroken, "How idle is this? ah!"

"Ahem." Duan Hongyu looked at him disapprovingly, "Fifth Brother, speak carefully."

"Second brother, you should call me Xiaojin, fifth brother sounds awkward."

Duan Hongyu paused, and the smile on his face was even more joyful: "Okay. It seems that this is thinking about it? Aren't you afraid of being called a child?"

"Hmph." Duan Hongjin wrinkled his nose, "There are very few who can call me like that anyway, Father will only call me a bastard."

"That's the only way he can call you that." Duan Hongyu shook his head funny.

"Let's not talk about that." Duan Hongjin waved his hand, "Second brother, what happened to what I told you in the last letter?"

"Are you sure there's something wrong here?"

"Of course!" Duan Hongjin was very sure, "You don't know how bold your elder brother is. Tsk tsk, the top card of Furong Building, if you say buy it, you will buy it."

"Why? Very expensive?" Duan Hongyu, who had never set foot in such a dusty place, was curious.

"Furonglou! The No. [-] brothel in the capital! That number one would cost a lot of money to sleep in for a night, not to mention the whole house was bought! How expensive can you express it? It's a sky-high price!" Duan Hongjin patted his thigh and sighed.

Duan Hongyu nodded: "It sounds like it's quite expensive."

"Second brother, you don't understand these market conditions too much, do you?" Duan Hongjin smiled at him sideways, "Second sister-in-law is too strict to go?"

Duan Hongyu stretched out his hand and gave him a shudder: "Dare to tease the second brother." He withdrew his hand, "Besides, haven't you been there before? How do you know so clearly?"

Duan Hongjin blinked: "Who said I haven't been there?"

Duan Hongyu was surprised: "I remember you said that you haven't touched anyone yet? The beauties rewarded in the palace are not accepted, so why go to these places?"

"I'm just going to gain knowledge and have fun." Duan Hongjin shrugged, "There are beauties, wine, food, and a lot of fun to watch."

"..." To put it bluntly, the child has not grown up yet. "Brother often goes?"

"Yeah." Duan Hongjin nodded, "A regular customer. He really likes to collect beauties."

Duan Hongyu was helpless: "As a prince, elder brother can afford even if he has some small hobbies. Don't focus on him."

"We're just discussing whether he can afford it or not." Duan Hongjin pouted.

"There are really so many?" Duan Hongyu didn't believe it.Can it be so many that a prince can't afford it?

"Really." Duan Hongjin nodded, "One or two is okay, but he often spends a lot of money in order to coax beauties. I don't believe that he can be so generous with the prince's salary. They're all having a rough time."

Only then did Duan Hongyu get serious.

"Second brother, you believe me, you go and check your sister-in-law's house. I remember that my sister-in-law's father is a salt transport envoy, right? Since ancient times, salt and iron have been huge profits. This is in charge of the salt industry. I don't believe in the middleman. There's nothing tricky about it." Duan Hongjin disdained, "Otherwise, where would he get the money to squander it? By becoming a concubine? The treasurer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn't have such a big family fortune."

Duan Hongyu was thoughtful.

"Besides, he used money to win over many officials." Duan Hongjin snorted softly, "We have to cut the bottom of the pot and cut off his source of income."

Duan Hongyu nodded: "Then I'll have someone check it out."

"Isn't it? Second brother!" Duan Hongjin yelled strangely, "You said you would investigate when you wrote back, why haven't you gone yet?"

Duan Hongyu rubbed his nose: "I thought you were just talking casually, but...it's not too late."

"..." Duan Hongjin looked at him speechlessly.

"Cough cough." Duan Hongyu coughed embarrassingly, "I'll call someone right away, right away!"

"By the way, second brother, don't sell the grain seeds on your farm in the past few months."

"what happened?"

"Hey, I'm useful, so you can help me." After thinking about it, "No, no, there is not enough in the village, you should buy more and stock up, and give them to me when the time comes."

In the worst case, he explained that he wanted to save merit for his own men. Anyway, Dayan Kingdom has a vast land and abundant resources. Every year, there are floods here or droughts there, and there are always excuses.

Duan Hongyu frowned: "But you want to do business? Then you can't go about hoarding goods and raising prices, especially when it comes to food."

"No, no, I want to do good deeds." Duan Hongjin scratched his head, "Anyway, you will know when the time comes. I have to ask you for help when the time comes."

Having said that, Duan Hongyu felt relieved: "Success, I'll stock up for you if you let me watch."

"Store more." Duan Hongjin reminded, "Don't make too much of a move, it won't be good for other brothers to follow suit."

"got it."

Duan Hongjin continued to chat with his second brother about trivial matters, until Duan Hongyu brought up the matter of his backyard again, before he slipped away with oil on his feet.

On the other side, Duan Zhaoye, who was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study, received an invitation from Concubine Duan to appreciate the flowers.

He glanced at Kelou, it was almost time for dinner, so he put down his pen.

"Li Da," as soon as the name came out, he paused for a moment before continuing, "Pull you to Yonghe Palace."

Li Da promised.

When Duan Zhaoye and his party arrived at the Yonghe Palace, Concubine Duan Ganzhu had already received the news and was waiting at the gate of the palace.

Welcoming Duan Zhaoye into the small gazebo in the garden at the back of the palace, after the palace servants served tea and retreated, Ganzhu held his arm and scolded him coquettishly, "Your Majesty, you haven't come to see my concubine for a long time. If it wasn't for the good news The lotus flower that my sister gave me has bloomed, and I can't even please you."

Although she already has a son as old as the fourth prince, Ganzhu's well-maintained skin is still fair and delicate. Age adds a bit of charm to her beautiful face, and her every frown and smile are full of indescribable charm.

"Hahaha, how can it be." Duan Zhaoye patted her catkin, "It's just that I'm busy these days. Isn't this here?"

"The concubine thought you were blaming the concubine for Honghui's ignorance." Gan Zhu frowned, with a bit of embarrassment, "Fortunately, the concubine called Honghui to give him a lecture, really..."

Duan Zhaoye was overjoyed: "Then Honghui really suffered an unreasonable disaster. Why are you training him so well?"

"Didn't he get into a fight with Hongjin some time ago? No matter what, he is an older brother after all, no matter how reasonable he is, he has to give his younger brother three points." Gan Zhu frowned. Erbanban is rightly said to be transparent, and I really don’t settle for it at all.”

Does this mean that Xiao Wu is not reasonable?Or just say it?Duan Zhaoye thought for a while, and persuaded: "They are all such big people, so don't worry about it."

"The concubine is fine, and Honghui is also big-hearted. If you turn around and forget about the noise, it's just that it's easy to be serious when things happen. The concubine really has a headache."

"That's an advantage. You don't need it to get headaches. It's good to keep it." Duan Zhaoye comforted her.

"It's the only way to go, it's hard to change after growing up so big." Gan Zhu sighed, then wrinkled her nose slightly, "However, Hong Jin is a bit too tempered, Hong Hun is still an older brother , he would show his face and hit people when he disagreed with him, but it's not appropriate, and it's not good to spread the word."

This said.

Duan Zhaoye was suddenly a little displeased: "It's normal for brothers to quarrel. Who hasn't quarreled with their brothers and sisters when they were young? Besides, Hongjin has always been straight-tempered. It's okay to beat a few servants who don't know how to advance or retreat. As for putting on face ...Hmph, this brat is still showing his face to me all day long. Tomorrow, I have to call him in and give him a lesson." After talking about Duan Hongjin's shady hobby, he couldn't help but bring it into his words. I was a little annoyed.

"Your Majesty, Hong Jin is not young anymore. I am thinking, how about arranging a marriage for him? This man has to start a family, a wife and children before he can start to be stable." Gan Zhu said softly Promptly made a suggestion, "You can't let his temper go, this man, how can he not get married?"

Duan Zhaoye paused, and subconsciously glanced at Li Da who was guarding under the pavilion.

Why did Concubine Duan suddenly mention this?

Where would ordinary people think that the dignified prince actually planned not to get married?

Xiao Wu only mentioned the words of not getting married once in his imperial study, and he would probably mention some of them in Wanyan Fuyu's side.

However, no matter whether it is his imperial study or Wanyan Fuyu's Jingfu Palace, these words will never be allowed to spread.

This is... what went wrong?

Thinking of Duan Hongjin's attitude towards Li Da and the previous reminder, deep thought flashed in his eyes.

Gan Zhu, who was paying attention to him wholeheartedly, thumped in her heart.

This is an omission.

She pretended to be thinking of him as a remedy: "He is already 19 years old. You see, when Honghui was his age, he was already the father of two children."

Seeing that he was still frowning and not speaking, just rubbing the bead string on his wrist, Gan Zhu said bluntly: "This dignified prince, at the age of 19, has not confiscated and used one and a half of them, even the maid of honor... seems to have no? The rumors in Beijing are not very good. Didn’t you see, sister Fuyu has been getting angry recently? Sending women to his house one after another, this is really, it’s not like my sister’s behavior style.”

Duan Zhaoye paused: "What are the rumors in Beijing?"

Seeing that he finally regained his senses, Gan Zhu hurriedly replied: "I heard that some people say that the sleeves are broken, and some say that, ahem, it's not okay." She covered her lips and chuckled, "Didn't this make Sister Fuyu angry~ But Hongjin didn't appreciate Fuyu's sister giving it away, so the rumors are really..."

Duan Zhaoye frowned and waved his hands irritably: "It's alright, alright, don't worry about this matter."

"Your Majesty, how can I! I just chatted with you." Gan Zhu leaned over and shook his arm coquettishly, "Let's not talk about these things, just look at the Lingjian lotus I raised. ?”

In a few words, Gan Zhu took the topic away.

The two enjoy the flowers and have fun, and then have dinner.

After the night passed, Gan Zhu lazily leaned on the soft pillow and meditated for a while after Duan Zhaoye was sent away to go to the morning court.

"Go, let Anzi from Zhongcui Palace make a move and let him contact Li Da."